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Albany Law School

In research, Albany Law School stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,166 of 14,833 worldwide), Political Science and International Relations (#1,751 of 2,238 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,628 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,724
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,887
of 7,310
Research works
930
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.59×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Albany Law School

What is Albany Law School known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,166 of 14,833 3.3%762
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #1,751 of 2,238 4.9%173
Social SciencesField #7,628 of 9,330 3.9%494
LawSubfield #840 of 917 3.1%141

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Albany Law School sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Albany Law School work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Albany Law School is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (54%), Environmental Science (11%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 50 fractional works · 75.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 53.9% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 17.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 18.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 10.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlbany Law School67fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences75%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3653.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance710.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting34.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities23.1%
    5. Psychology22.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Environmental Science710.9%
    2. Computer Science33.9%
    3. Engineering12.0%
    4. Energy00.8%
    5. Materials Science00.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Health Professions23.5%
    2. Medicine12.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    2. Neuroscience00.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.20× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.89× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.26× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.89×7 works
  2. Social Sciences4.26×36 works
  3. Environmental Science2.20×7 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.42×3 works
  5. Health Professions1.31×2 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.08×2 works
  7. Energy0.82×0 works
  8. Psychology0.82×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.52×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.50×3 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.36×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  15. Engineering0.13×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  17. Medicine0.12×2 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Albany Law School?

Ranked on the quality score, Alicia R. Ouellette, Ray Brescia and David A. Pratt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Albany Law School.

  1. 1 Alicia R. Ouellette United States · #1,707,951 worldwide 441 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Ray Brescia United States · #2,061,549 worldwide 74 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 David A. Pratt United States · #2,569,981 worldwide 8 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Alexandra R. Harrington United States · #2,734,811 worldwide 333 citations · 174 works
  5. 5 Isaac Mamaysky United States · #2,854,329 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Melissa L. Breger United States · #3,059,274 worldwide 86 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Edward W. De Barbieri United States · #3,153,385 worldwide 49 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Edward E. Gordon United States · #3,160,680 worldwide 944 citations · 87 works
  9. 9 Katheryn D. Katz United States · #3,303,176 worldwide 73 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Robert A. Heverly United States · #3,463,848 worldwide 73 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Albany Law School

What are the most cited papers from Albany Law School?

The most cited paper from Albany Law School is "EMPIRICAL AND ETHICAL PROBLEMS WITH CUSTODY RECOMMENDATIONS:" (Timothy M. Tippins, Jeffrey P. Wittmann, 2005), with 130 citations. Next come "Isolation of a ubiquitin-ribosomal protein gene (ubi3) from potato and expression of its promoter in transgenic plants" (101) and "The Black Body as Fetish Object" (94).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 EMPIRICAL AND ETHICAL PROBLEMS WITH CUSTODY RECOMMENDATIONS: Timothy M. Tippins, Jeffrey P. Wittmann · Family Court Review Apr 2005 130
2 Isolation of a ubiquitin-ribosomal protein gene (ubi3) from potato and expression of its promoter in transgenic plants Joan E. Garbarino, William Richardson Belknap · Plant Molecular Biology 1994 101
3 The Black Body as Fetish Object Anthony Paul Farley · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 1997 94
4 The Softest of Targets: A Study on Terrorist Target Selection Victor H. Asal, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Ian Anderson et al. · Journal of Applied Security Research 20 Jun 2009 90
5 Infant clothing: Sex labeling for strangers Madeline Shakin, Debra Shakin, Sarah Hall Sternglanz · Sex Roles May 1985 87
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Albany Law School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Corporate Governance, Environmental Law, Climate Change, Civil Rights, Nationalism, Sustainability and Property Rights.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights11▲ 16×15 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 3.3×10 topics
  3. Corporate Governance5▲ 11×8 topics
  4. Sustainability5▲ 3.2×8 topics
  5. Environmental Law5▲ 36×2 topics
  6. Civil Rights3▲ 77×3 topics
  7. Nationalism3▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Property Rights3▲ 73×4 topics
  9. Democracy3▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Discrimination3▲ 21×3 topics
  11. International Law3▲ 14×9 topics
  12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions3▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Neoliberalism3▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Surveillance3▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Transnational Corporations3▲ 161×2 topics
  16. Constitutional Law3▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Intellectual Property3▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Climate Change Litigation3▲ 281×1 topic
  19. Rights of Nature3▲ 281×1 topic
  20. Equality2▲ 62×2 topics
  21. First Amendment2▲ 780×1 topic
  22. Freedom of Speech2▲ 780×1 topic
  23. Policy Dimensions2▲ 522×1 topic
  24. Privacy2▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Transnational Law2▲ 328×1 topic
  26. Ethics2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  27. Legal Semiotics2▲ 179×1 topic
  28. Visual Jurisprudence2▲ 179×1 topic
  29. Energy Transition2▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Feminism2▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Legal Education2▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Public Policy2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  33. Welfare Rights Advice2▲ 198×1 topic
  34. Global Governance2▲ 12×7 topics
  35. Global Warming2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  36. Migration2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Public Opinion2▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Economic Impacts2▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Policy Instruments2▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Ethical Issues2▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Albany Law School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental law and policy, Law, Rights, and Freedoms, Legal Systems and Judicial Processes and Law in Society and Culture.

Environmental law and po…3Environmental law and policy: 3 fractional worksLaw, Rights, and Freedoms2Law, Rights, and Freedoms: 2 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…2Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 2 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture2Law in Society and Culture: 2 fractional worksLegal Education and Practice Innovations: 2 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …2American Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 1 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksProperty Rights and Lega…1Property Rights and Legal Doctrine: 1 fractional works
LawSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and Econometrics2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Environmental law and policy Law 3 works
  2. 2 Law, Rights, and Freedoms Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  4. 4 Law in Society and Culture Law 2 works
  5. 5 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 2 works
  6. 6 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 1 works
  9. 9 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  10. 10 Property Rights and Legal Doctrine Law 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available83.0%not open17.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.1%domestic only96.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Albany Law School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Albany Law School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Albany Law School0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Albany Law School over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Albany Law School2.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.5% in 2014.

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